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California Supreme Court


Committees that evaluate and recommend candidates for State Bar Court judges and board positions must now collect information ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Community News


San Diego County Bar Association elects 2024 officers

Nov. 22, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.


Government


Following a three-day hearing that began in August, U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton will have to decide if Girardi is ...


Law Practice


Ron Klain had been a partner at O’Melveny & Myers since April.


Litigation & Arbitration


“If the Water Board cannot be compelled to do something about the water treatment plants’ waste of water in the face of its co...


U.S. Supreme Court


The court’s rejection of the city’s writ of certiorari does not mean the city will lose its underlying lawsuit against the ope...


Law Practice


Arnold & Porter expands Corporate & Finance practice

Nov. 21, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

William Choe joined the firm in Silicon Valley. Choe advises technology companies from early stages through an exit, and the v...


Environmental & Energy


The case concerns a crude oil refinery in Paramount that began converting to biofuel operations in 2011. AltAir Paramount, the...


Litigation & Arbitration, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


“When a delay in the final judgment is the result of the prevailing party’s own actions, equitable considerations do not autom...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The state Supreme Court’s decision will go back to the 9th Circuit panel that asked the question and will decide Gantner’s app...


Class Action


Minors' claim against Pornhub gets class status

Nov. 21, 2023
By Sunidhi Sridhar

“It’s taken tremendous courage and strength for Jane Doe to bring this case and we are very proud to represent her and the cer...


Litigation & Arbitration


The appellate panel overturned a motion to strike, an anti-SLAPP ruling and attorney fees that a Los Angeles judge has issued ...


Labor/Employment, Community News


The Nov. 3 event was held at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco's Chinatown.


SB 652 changed the burden of proof for expert testimony on medical causation.


Community News


Consumer attorneys hand out honors at annual convention

Nov. 20, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The Consumer Attorneys of the Year Award went to Deborah Chang, Randi McGinn, Zoe Littlepage with Athea Trial Lawyers LLP in E...


Litigation & Arbitration


In October 2015, the defendant asked South Korean company Wookyung MIT for $5 million in cash for a contract that was supposed...


State Bar & Bar Associations


“They really need to focus on the administration of the bar and discipline. Yet they persist in doing these other things. One ...


Litigation & Arbitration


CAOC takes aim at ruling on school districts

Nov. 20, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan

One of the most significant aspects of the ruling was that it means schools are not subject to the Unruh Act’s provisions allo...


Insurance


Insurance companies sue over Mono County fire

Nov. 20, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The matter is related to multiple coordinated lawsuits against Liberty Utilities, many of which were filed in Mono County. Los...


Litigation & Arbitration


According to the lawsuit, the defendants approached Black Angus with a pitch to use its restaurants as ghost kitchens — an arr...


Litigation & Arbitration


SanDisk attorneys deny there is any malfunction that causes its storage drives to become unreadable by computers.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The argument by Felix Shafir of Horvitz & Levy LLP targeted what he said was an incorrect interpretation of a 2022 U.S. Su...


Litigation & Arbitration


After alerting Meta of the defendant’s accounts, Louboutin executives took action themselves — ordering a pair of counterfeit ...


Law Practice


New boutique litigation is a dream realized

Nov. 17, 2023
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

The founders of Frost LLP said the idea of building a firm began decades ago in law school.


Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero will join Los Angeles County Superior Court Presiding Judge Samantha P. Jessner and other comm...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary


Family law specialist hires lobbyist to get more judges appointed

Nov. 17, 2023
By Malcolm Maclachlan, David Houston

“I think what they are supposed to do is rattle the cage for you and … motivate the powers that be,” said Mark Minyard, who hi...


Litigation & Arbitration


The lawsuit accuses USC and a technology partner of conspiring to inflate the university’s Rossier School of Education’s ranki...


Class Action


Class designation sought for Postmeds data breach suit

Nov. 17, 2023
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The Hayward based prescription filling company said health data for 2.3 million people was affected by the August breach.


Litigation & Arbitration


Times Wang of North River Law PLLC said the Chinese government would not allow WeChat to turn over discovery.


Bankruptcy


“That will free up money for professional fees and for the estate to continue to function. It won’t have to reserve such a lar...